“With Army support and strong industry partnerships, we’re advancing head protection into a fully integrated helmet system — combining ballistic protection with enhanced situational awareness,” said Erik Cobham, President of Team Wendy Ceradyne. “This shift fundamentally changes how Soldiers perceive, decide, and respond on the battlefield.”
Conducted under a shared-cost model between the US government and industry partners, the program integrates Team Wendy Ceradyne’s proven ballistic protection technologies with Theon’s advanced electronic systems. The result will be a modular head borne architecture capable of delivering tailored, mission critical technologies – including seamless communications integration – adaptable to future operational requirements.
“We are honored to partner with the exceptional Team Wendy Ceradyne on this critical US Army initiative,” said Dr. Michalis Kolotos, Director of US Operations for THEON. “This collaboration is a prime opportunity to integrate our advanced THEON NEXT opto-electronic solutions, which are a direct result of our technological knowhow and our strategic investments in the US. We are focused on delivering head borne power and data solutions that could enable next-generation capabilities, such as advanced day-and-night Head-Up Displays (HUDs) and Augmented Reality (AR), all seamlessly connected to the soldier’s Power and Battle Management System. This integration is key to enhancing situational awareness and decision-making for the US warfighter.”
The DEVCOM SC-sponsored team also includes Invisio, providing lightweight tactical communications and hearing protection, and Revision, contributing ballistic and laser protective eyewear. The IMHS prototype developed in this project will be evaluated by the DEVCOM Soldier Center in Fourth Quarter, FY26, during a Soldier Touchpoint to assess performance and gather user feedback for future design phases.
Interesting.
Sounds very similar, conceptually, to Anduril’s Eagle Eye.
It will also be interesting to see how Ceradyne does, as this would be the first major helmet initiative they’ve undertaken in a while. Obviously Avon has a lot of experience under the Team Wendy Ceradyne banner, but there has been significant restructuring with the hard armor side of the business being sold to Coorstek.
I’ll reiterate my point from previous helmet threads…there is no reason why US warfighters shouldn’t have an integrated helmet system that manages enablers, provides full protection, and allows for hearing protection/comms…and I don’t care who does it, as long as it gets done.
Best of luck to Team Wendy Ceradyne!
Except that Eagle Eye isn’t currently made from ballistic material or has been designed to mitigate impact.